Man vs. Food: Syracuse

As a syracuse native and alumnus, I loved the episode…it was like watching home video. Although it definitely had it’s flaws. For example, I agree, calling the most polluted lake in North America “pristine” is an out-and-out lie; but an appreciated one. I’d rather he be polite and compliment our city, as opposed to most of the crappy journalists that are quick to pile on the insults.

The Dinosaur segment was great, although I would have liked to see some bitchy waitresses serve him to give him the full experience, and the Heid’s segment was good, with-or-without Boeheim. These two restaurants definitely represent Syracuse food institutions. But, I’m not convinced that Mother’s Cupboard was the best choice…and honestly, I had to look up the place and tell my wife where it even was. If you’re going to James St, you’re better off at OIP instead of Mother’s Cupboard….the wings are way better than any mammoth-sized frittata.

Otherwise, good episode; and I’m glad that Adam beat the ’cuse….food challenge.

i find the guy annoying personally but i liked the segments.. mothers cupboard is awesome if you go there once you get hooked. especially late night.

I haven’t been there in a while. If anyone that doesn’t know where it is, imagine James Street between East Syracuse and Eastwood. It’s that little yellow shed next to the graveyard. It’s tiny and you can’t even tell it’s a restaurant from the street. I went there once a long time ago. The portions were mammoth and it was very good. I was a little kid so I think I got a chocolate chip pancake and managed to eat 1/2 of it.

NO Hoffmans Hot Haus or Tullys = I could care less about this show. Dino gets recognition and understand some of it but not everyone loves it. I have never been there myself but I talk to people all the time and actually, it gets mixed reviews but then again, so does Tully’s. This would have been the perfect chance to pimp out how much better Hoffmans is compared to your average hot dogs and it sounds like everything was played up for Heids. Where was Zebbs? I grew up in Bridgeport area so I never heard of Mother’s Cupboard until I heard players talking about it on Twitter not long ago. Maybe I should watch the show before I share my opinion but judging by the post and comments, I am in no hurry except to maybe see Coach B.

was fantastic!! Wonder if they can freeze that monster BBQ sammich and ship it down here? Don’t laugh…. some restraunts do that

I was pretty satisfied with it. The stock footage from SU made me happy.

Dino was an obvious choice. Never been to Heid’s (guess I have to go), and I LOVE Mother’s Cupboard. Would’ve liked to see Tully’s in there.

Adam is a self-proclaimed Lax-head, and in every episode, he has some kind of motivational experience before the eating challenge. Getting to wear 22 and mess around with some of the players was appropriate and awesome.

I believe the grill cook’s last name at Heid’s is the same as the other kid involved in Snowball-gate. Didn’t think it was him but it made me wince.

As an alum, I had never even heard of Mother’s Cupboard. I spent my time eating either near campus, on Erie Blvd, or of course – at Dinosaur.

Hope Doc Gross wasn’t watching. Also- Syracuse being on the “shores of the Finger Lakes”? Bit of a stretch there (like calling Onondaga Lake “pristine”) Overall pretty good.

I wanted to love the episode, but got kind of annoyed that they kept using the same camera shot over the lake when they were doing the camera shots of the area. I was hoping for maybe some armory shots, some stock footage of 30,000+ at the dome, and a mention of the shot clock invention.

That said, I did pump my fist a few times during the episode and laughed out loud when he called the lakes “pristine”.

I wanted to watch it again as soon as it was done, but I’m sure my wife would’ve slapped me in the face. The JB segment was simply awesome, though we all know that he doesn’t smile that much except when Juli is around. The Lacrosse plug was kind of goofy to me, but it looks like Adam needed the exercise anyway. The shots of campus were all glorious, and I even got chills at the shot of the Davis statue when he said “Home of the mighty OrangeMEN”. With all the SU sports references I’m surprised that Doc Gross didn’t make a cameo.

As for the restuarant choices, there are so, so, SO many other places they could have picked, but I was content with Dinosaur getting the proper respect it deserves. I’ve lso never heard of Mothers Cupboard, so it was actually cool to learn something new. And how anyone eats that 6 lb plate without yaking all over themself is simply amazing!

I believe they did a great job picking locations. First of all, for those of you knocking or ignorant of the Mother’s Cupboard, don’t forget the SHOW IS ABOUT EATING CHALLENGES. That is the centerpiece of the theme, and the title for God’s sakes! Of course you need a restaurant with an eating challenge. If you have never been to Mother’s Cupboard, go. Don’t be afraid when you get there and it looks like a fishing shanty.

As for Heid’s and Dino, I think they are the two most popular places around. If they had substituted Brooklyn Pickle or Tully’s, I wouldn’t have complained.

By the way, here is my picture of me when I completed the Mother’s Cupboard Fritatta challenge about 6 years ago.

Watching Man vs. Food go to the Dinosaur BBQ was Syracuse’s proudest non-sports-related moment since The Jerry Rescue. I’m not embarrassed to say that I got a little emotional watching.